Waymo Llc Case Summary
Parties:
The Plaintiff Waymo LLC is s a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc and is a self-driving company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move and around, with it’s principal place of business located in Mountain View, California 94043. The defendant, Uber Technologies, Inc.(“uber”) is a Delaware company with its principal of place of business at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, California.
Facts:
A project of Google-parent Alphabet has filed a suit against Uber, after a botched email exchange revealed "striking resemblance" between the companies' self-driving car designs. It shows that engineers at google’s self-driving car company, Waymo, were "apparently inadvertently" copied on an email from a company providing components for Uber's self-driving car project that allegedly revealed drawings of Uber's technology. Anthony Levandowski, a former manager in Waymo’s self driving …show more content…
It will be tough for Waymo to make good on all their claims against Uber as self-driving technology is not something that can necessarily be patented and according to the lawsuit was not patented in some cases. The key for Waymo is that it requires all employees, contractors, consultants, vendors, and manufacturers to sign confidentiality agreements before any confidential or proprietary trade secret information is disclosed to them. If this holds true in relation to Mr. Levandowski, then Waymo will have a very good case against the defendant, Uber. In short, Waymo has a very good case against defendant, as Uber had been stalled on the self-driving project for 18 months until Mr. Levandowski came in with the plans he downloaded from his former employer, Waymo and they then were able to complete the project in only 9 months. What is unclear to me is whether or not that information has the ability to hidden,protected, and or
The Plaintiff Waymo LLC is s a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc and is a self-driving company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move and around, with it’s principal place of business located in Mountain View, California 94043. The defendant, Uber Technologies, Inc.(“uber”) is a Delaware company with its principal of place of business at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, California.
Facts:
A project of Google-parent Alphabet has filed a suit against Uber, after a botched email exchange revealed "striking resemblance" between the companies' self-driving car designs. It shows that engineers at google’s self-driving car company, Waymo, were "apparently inadvertently" copied on an email from a company providing components for Uber's self-driving car project that allegedly revealed drawings of Uber's technology. Anthony Levandowski, a former manager in Waymo’s self driving …show more content…
It will be tough for Waymo to make good on all their claims against Uber as self-driving technology is not something that can necessarily be patented and according to the lawsuit was not patented in some cases. The key for Waymo is that it requires all employees, contractors, consultants, vendors, and manufacturers to sign confidentiality agreements before any confidential or proprietary trade secret information is disclosed to them. If this holds true in relation to Mr. Levandowski, then Waymo will have a very good case against the defendant, Uber. In short, Waymo has a very good case against defendant, as Uber had been stalled on the self-driving project for 18 months until Mr. Levandowski came in with the plans he downloaded from his former employer, Waymo and they then were able to complete the project in only 9 months. What is unclear to me is whether or not that information has the ability to hidden,protected, and or